Firefighters who survived Webster ambush to speak publicly for first time

4:11 PM,
Feb. 27, 2013

Joseph Hofstetter, left, and Ted Scardino.

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The two West Webster firefighters injured Christmas Eve in the Lake Road ambush will speak publicly for the first time since the shooting at a news conference next week.

Joseph Hofstetter and Ted Scardino were both shot by William Spengler Jr. while responding to a fire he set on Christmas Eve morning. Their fellow firefighters, Michael Chiapperini and Tomasz Kaczowka, died in the attack.